Phase diagrams for oil/methanol/ether mixtures |
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Authors: | David G B Boocock Samir K Konar Hanif Sidi |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, M5S 3E5 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Abstract: | One-phase transmethylations of vegetable oils with methanol to form methyl esters occur considerably faster than conventional
two-phase reactions. Addition of simple ethers is an efficient method for producing a single phase. Ternary phase diagrams
have been determined at 23°C for oil/methanol/ether mixtures; these are useful when applying the one-phase method across a
wide range of conditions. Soybean, canola, palm, and coconut oils were used in combination with five ethers, namely, tetrahydrofuran
(THF), 1,4-dioxane (DO), diethyl ether (DE), diisopropyl ether (DI), andtert-butyl methyl ether (TBM). All five ethers can produce miscibility for all methanol/oil compositions. The ether/methanol volumetric
ratios required for miscibility at a methanol/soybean or canola oil volumetric ratio of 0.20 (5.4 molar ratio) at 23°C are:
THF, 1.15; DO, 1.60; DE, 1.38 DI, 1.57; and TBM, 1.57. For THF, this results in one-phase mixtures that contain 65 vol% oil.
Soybean and canola oil form identical diagrams. Palm oil requires slightly less ether at the lower methanol concentrations,
but coconut oil requires considerably less across the whole concentration range. Acid-catalyzed reactions, when performed
at the boiling point of the most volatile component, require less ether than predicted from the diagrams. |
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Keywords: | Methyl esters phase diagrams vegetable oil/methanol/ether mixtures |
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